Romans 8, 365 DAYS OF LOVE #77: OBEDIENCE

PASSAGE: Life Through the Spirit, Future Glory, More Than Conquerors

MEMORY VERSE: "THEN THE ALMIGHTY WILL BE YOUR GOLD, THE CHOICEST SILVER FOR YOU" JOB 22:25

NOTES: (v.1-17) "THOSE WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE SINFUL NATURE HAVE THEIR MINDS SET ON WHAT THAT NATURE DESIRES; BUT THOSE WHO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT HAVE THEIR MINDS SET ON WHAT THE SPIRIT DESIRES" (V.5)
we who are in Christ Jesus are not controlled by a sinful nature but by the Spirit (v.9)
"FOR YOU DID NOT RECEIVE A SPIRIT THAT MAKES YOU A SLAVE AGAIN TO FEAR, BUT YOU RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP" (v.15) so that "if indeed we share in his suffereings in order that we may also share in his glory" (v.17)
-(v.18-27) "I CONSIDER THAT OUR PRESENT SUFFERINGS ARE NOT WORTH COMPARING WITH THE GLORY THAT WILL BE REVEALED IN US" (V.18) 
God knows what we need before we do, and so helps us in our weakness (v.26). It is by the Spirit that we see our hearts, for "We do not know what we out to pray for."
-(v.26-39) memory verse review: "AND WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. 29FOR THOSE HE FOREKNEW HE ALSO PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED TO THE LIKENESS OF HIS SON, THAT HE MIGHT BE THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BROTHERS. 30AND THOSE HE PREDESTINED HE ALSO CALLED; THOSE HE CALLED, HE ALSO JUSTIFIED; THOSE HE JUSTIFIED HE ALSO GLORIFIED."
If God is for us, who can be against us?? :)
NOTHING; "neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depht nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" how comforting!

ACT OF LOVE: Today, I honored a rule that my parents had set for me that was particularly hard (and somewhat terrifying) for me to follow. Though I won't go into much detail about this particular act of love, it was a big step for me as a daughter to be obedient (to my parents and to God), even with the possibility of harsh consequences. (Thankfully, there weren't any).